The Benefits of Physical Therapy For Athletes

 By: Terry Abrams 

When it comes to sports, injuries play a huge part. As much as athletes try to avoid these injuries, accidents do happen unfortunately. The results of these injuries have ended athletes’ careers or prevented them from playing games. Physical therapy helps athletes to reduce pain, improve overall health and prevent reoccurring injuries. Sports therapy is a segment of the global healthcare industry that has recently become quite popular due to it’s applications and positive results in sports. A physical therapist specializing in sports medicine has methods for bringing your body back from injury to get your body back into peak performance. Assessing what went wrong in your body allows them to formulate how to fix it and give tangible methods for strengthening the injury.

Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions that, by using mechanical force and movements (biomechanics or kinesiology), manual therapy, exercise therapy, and electrotherapy, remediates impairments and promotes mobility and function. Physical therapy is used to improve a patient’s quality of life through examination, diagnosis, prognosis, physical intervention, and patient education, performed by a physical therapist.

Physical therapists are closely involved in the care and wellbeing of athletes including recreational, semi-professional (paid) and professional (full-time employment) participants. This area of practice encompasses athletic injury management under 5 main categories:

Acute care – assessment and diagnosis of an initial injury
Treatment – application of specialist advice and techniques to encourage healing
Rehabilitation – progressive management for a full return to sport
Prevention – identification, and address of deficiencies known to directly result in, or act as precursors to injury, such as movement assessment
Education – sharing of specialist knowledge to individual athletes, teams or clubs to assist in the prevention or management of injury

For more info visit: www.cardioflextherapy.com

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Why Physical Therapy First?

 By: Terry Abrams 

Are you or a family member dealing with pain and aren’t quite sure who you should go see? A physical therapist might not be the first person you think of, but hopefully, after reading this, it’ll help you understand how we can help.

What does a physical therapist do and how can they help with an injury?

A physical therapist can help you move better. Whether you are having trouble getting out of bed, picking up your kids, having difficulty reaching into the cupboards, or any other daily tasks that you’re having trouble doing, a PT can help. 

. We spend one on one time with you to ensure that we tailor to your every need. We also come up with a comprehensive plan to help you get back to what YOU want to do, which is the whole point right? A physical therapist can help facilitate your recovery, with us giving you the tools to be successful. We want to empower you to be able to do things needed to keep you healthy for the long run.

Your physical therapist is focused on getting you back to the things you enjoy

If you choose PT first, you’ll feel better faster, and could potentially save money in the process! Who doesn’t love to save money? In most states, you can see a physical therapist first without needing to see anyone prior. Most people don’t know that, so we’re trying to make sure people understand they have a choice in where they want to go to get better.

I like to compare physical therapy to when something goes wrong with your car. If you need to invest in parts or work done to keep your car running properly, why wouldn’t you do the same thing with regards to your health?

There are many places you can go for an injury, hopefully, you know now that you can choose physical therapy first.

For more info visit: www.cardioflextherapy.com

Sports Therapy Tips for Hips

 At CardioFlex Therapy’s outpatient clinic we offer sports therapy, which helps top athletes not only recover from injuries (rehab) but also prevent them (known as pre-hab). Sports therapy is a segment of the global healthcare industry that has recently become quite popular due to its applications and positive results in sports.

The hips are the human body’s main engine and center of mass. The largest and most powerful muscle groups—the glutes, quads, and hamstrings—all connect at the hips, and they allow you to run, jump, climb, and swim. The joint is crucial to all movement, in sports and day-to-day life. Persistent hip pain can be very debilitating, we will concentrate on how physical therapy can seriously impact this part of our body.

While the following may be common causes of hip pain in athletes, there are other causes of hip pain that can sideline a player from the action:

• Muscle Strains: The most common injuries of the hip and groin region in athletes are muscle strain injuries. Muscles around the hip joint are especially prone to this type of injury because they are subject to eccentric contraction. Eccentric contractions cause tremendous forces in the muscle and can lead to a muscle strain. Muscle strains around the hip include groin pulls and hamstring strains.
• Hip Bursitis: Inflammation of the bursa over the outside of the hip joint, so-called trochanteric bursitis, can cause pain with hip movement. Treatment of hip bursitis is often effective, but the condition has a problem of coming back and sometimes becoming a persistent problem.
• Contusions (Hip Pointer): A direct blow to the outside of the hip causes an injury to one of the large bones of the pelvis, the ileum. When a contusion is sustained in an athlete over the outside of the hip, the injury is called a hip pointer.
• Stress Fractures: Stress fractures of the hip are usually seen in long-distance runners, and much more commonly in women than in men. These injuries are usually seen in endurance athletes with deficient nutrition or eating disorders.
• Hip Labral Tear: The labrum of the hip is a cuff of thick tissue that surrounds the hip socket. The labrum helps to support the hip joint. When a labral tear of the hip occurs, a piece of this tissue can become pinched in the joint causing pain and catching sensations. Much more has been learned about hip labral tears, to the point that some orthopedic surgeons are concerned these injuries are overdiagnosed. However, some patients with hip labral tears can find improvement with treatment of this condition.
• Femoroacetabular Impingement: Femoroacetablar impingement, often referred to as FAI, is a condition where bone spurs form along the edges of the ball-and-socket hip joint and cause limited mobility of the joint and damage to soft tissues including the labrum. FAI is thought by many surgeons to be a precursor to arthritis of the hip joint.
• Osteitis Pubis: Osteitis pubis is thought to be due to the repetitive pull of muscles over the front of the hip joint. Usually, pain is activity related and often seen in runners, soccer players and hockey players. The x-rays may show signs causing concern for infection, but osteitis pubis usually resolves with rest and anti-inflammatory medications.
• Sports Hernias: Sports hernias are a problem seen most commonly in hockey players, but can be seen in other sports that require repetitive twisting and turning at high speeds. The problem is thought to be due to an imbalance of the strong muscles of the thigh and the relatively weaker muscles of the abdomen.
• Snapping Hip Syndrome: Snapping hip syndrome is a word used to describe three distinct hip problems. The first is when the IT band snaps over the outside of the thigh. The second occurs when the deep hip flexor snaps over the front of the hip joint. Finally, tears of the cartilage, or labrum, around the hip socket can cause a snapping sensation.
• Traumatic Hip Subluxation & Dislocation: Complete dislocation of the hip joint is a very unusual hip injury—most commonly hip dislocations occur in high-speed car crashes. However, hip subluxations, an injury where the ball of the ball-and-socket hip joint is pushed part of the way out of joint, are being recognized as a possible cause of hip pain in athletes. A hip subluxation is the type of injury that is thought to have ended Bo Jackson’s athletic career.
• Hip Arthritis: Arthritis of the hips is increasingly seen in athletes as the age in which we participate in sports increases. Older athletes can experience joint stiffness and pain as a result of hip arthritis.
• Low Back Strain: While not a problem in the hip region, low back problems can often cause pain around the buttock and hips.

For serious athletes, a person recovering from an injury or anyone with a specific performance goal in mind, a visit to a Physical Therapist can increase awareness of weakness, asymmetry or problem areas and give you tangible, functional ways to improve.

The most common steps during an athlete’s visit to our clinic are:

• – sports massage
• – sports and occupational injury management & rehabilitation
• – ultrasound therapy treatment
• – sports performance improvement & management using muscle activation techniques
• – advice on how to improve posture, flexibility & stretching

 For more info visit: www.cardioflextherapy.com

Sports Therapy at CardioFlex Therapy in Davie, Fl

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Sports Medicine is important expertise at CardioFlex Therapy in Davie, Florida. Our Physical Therapists have successfully treated major league athletes that are still playing. No matter what sport you play, Physical Therapy will help you improve certain moves or treat your injury. Physical Therapy deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Most professional sports teams employ Physical Therapists these days.

Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions that, by using mechanical force and movements (biomechanics or kinesiology), manual therapy, exercise therapy, and electrotherapy, remediates impairments and promotes mobility and function. Physical therapy is used to improve a patient’s quality of life through examination, diagnosis, prognosis, physical intervention, and patient education, performed by a physical therapist.

Physical therapists are closely involved in the care and wellbeing of athletes including recreational, semi-professional (paid) and professional (full-time employment) participants. This area of practice encompasses athletic injury management under 5 main categories:

Acute care – assessment and diagnosis of an initial injury
Treatment – application of specialist advice and techniques to encourage healing
Rehabilitation – progressive management for a full return to sport
Prevention – identification, and address of deficiencies known to directly result in, or act as precursors to injury, such as movement assessment
Education – sharing of specialist knowledge to individual athletes, teams or clubs to assist in the prevention or management of injury

CardioFlex Therapy offers many types of Physical Therapy, including Sports, as follows: Post-Surgery Rehabilitation, Back Stabilization, Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Senior Rehabilitation Programs, TMJ, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation, Work Injury Rehabilitation, Lymphedema Treatment, Balance Training, Neurological Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Vestibular Rehabilitation, and Occupational Therapy. Most of our services are provided at our outpatient clinic in Davie, but we also offer home services for those who cannot travel within Broward, Miami and Palm Beach counties.

For more info visit: www.cardioflextherapy.com

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CardioFlex Physical Therapists at Plane Pull event

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CardioFlex Therapy in Davie is always looking for ways of staying involved in our community. Our Physical Therapists invite you to participate and support the upcoming Special Olympics Florida Plane Pull: a giant tug-of-war, pitting teams of up to 15 members against a plane to see which team can pull the 50 ton United 737 aircraft 12 feet the fastest. Teams must raise a minimum of $1,500 to participate, that’s just $100 per person! Your efforts allow Special Olympics Florida to continue providing year-round training and athletic competitions at no cost to the 44,000 athletes statewide.

Register and create your fundraising page by starting or joining a team. Ask your friends, family, and colleagues to support you in your efforts! They can join your team or help by making a quick secure online donation. If you are starting a team, begin by recruiting up to 15 members to join you on event day and help pull the plane!

There’s nothing wrong with a little healthy competition,  so teams will compete for:

•  Fastest Pull
•  Slowest Pull
•  Most Team Spirit
•  Best Costume

The Foundation’s mission remains as vital today as it did when the movement was founded in 1968. Special Olympics Florida’s year-round programs in health, education, community building and sports address inactivity, injustice, intolerance and social isolation by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics programs allow athletes to overcome these challenges and give them an opportunity to participate in their community, strengthen their abilities, and become champions! By “pulling” for athletes, you are helping reach and support more people who want to be a part of life changing programs.

Date: Saturday, September 29, 2018
Registration: 9:00 AM | Start: 10:00 AM
Address:
Palm Beach International Airport
1000 James L. Turnage Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33415

For more info visit: www.cardioflextherapy.com

CardioFlex accepts Worker’s Compensation

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CardioFlex Therapy is happy to announce that we now accept Worker’s Compensation insurance through different states across the country. CardioFlex is now in network with the following state’s Workers’ Comp insurance plans: DC, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Washington.

If an injured worker is vacationing, traveling, or was simply hurt while in another state and comes to the South Florida area, CardioFlex can treat them for our five service types that we offer to all Workers’ Comp companies. Our service types include Physical Therapy (PT), Occupational Therapy (OT), Massage Therapy (MT), Work Conditioning (WC), and Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE’s).

CardioFlex is also in network with all major Florida Workers’ Comp insurance companies, so by covering so many more insurance plans across the U.S., we are adding additional coverage to an expanding market. Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue their employer for the tort of negligence.

Workers’ comp insurance provides five basic benefits: Medical care: Paid for by your employer to help you recover from an injury or illness caused by work. Temporary disability benefits: Payments if you lose wages because your injury prevents you from doing your usual job while recovering. If an employee gets hurt or ill due to their job, worker’s compensation provides coverage. The costs of medical care, rehabilitation treatments and lost wages are covered by this insurance if the injury is due to the employment. The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Florida has grown moderately in recent years, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). All of the key components of total costs per claim experienced moderate increases from 2011 to 2016 in Florida.

For Worker’s Comp patients, CardioFlex also offers the flexibility of coming to our Outpatient Clinic in Davie, FL, or for us to send our Home Therapists to the homes of our patients.

For more info visit: www.cardioflextherapy.com

Bursitis – a Secondary Diagnosis & Treatment

CardioFlex Therapy in Davie treats patients with Bursitis.

Most people think of bursitis as a primary condition, because they have heard their friends and family complaining of “bursitis pain”. Although it could be a primary problem, bursitis rarely stands alone as a primary diagnosis. Instead, think of bursitis as a secondary issue, as other orthopedic conditions cause the bursitis itself. In fact, oftentimes there are several problems in a joint that all combine to cause the bursitis. To understand exactly what bursitis is, we have to analyze how it begins.

Bursitis is named from an inflammation of the bursae sacs, which are small fluid-filled sacs surrounding joints in the body. The larger joints are more prone to bursitis, like the hips, shoulders, elbows, knees, etc. However, the most common joints in the body that are susceptible to bursitis are the shoulders and hips, because they are the worst lever systems in the body and therefore more prone to injury. 

Any kind of joint breakdown, arthritis, tendonitis, etc. will cause excess fluid to accumulate in the joint, which then drains into the bursae sacs around that particular joint. This excess fluid in each bursae sac causes swelling, inflammation, and edema of the bursae sac called bursitis. So, because this process usually happens in this order, then a diagnosis of bursitis is almost never a primary diagnosis. And the more injuries a person has around a joint, the more likely that they are to get bursitis whenever that joint is overloaded from a sport, activity, or daily life.

Since we know that bursitis is caused by other conditions and injuries, then the question then becomes how to treat it. Well, the first thing that we do here at CardioFlex Therapy, is to diagnose the underlying conditions that are actually causing the bursitis, like the tendonitis, arthritis, cartilage breakdown, ligament injuries, tendon injuries, muscle strains, soft tissue tears, joint injuries, etc. Then, we will treat the underlying conditions and the bursitis simultaneously to get the best result possible.

For the underlying conditions, Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy is performed by utilizing modalities, progressive strengthening exercises, functional movements, and sport-specific rehab. This will help the patient to get back to their former lever of function, and hopefully beyond. For the bursitis, we use modalities to decrease the inflammation such as: Ice, Moist Heat, Ultrasound, Electrical Stimulation, Cold Laser, Iontophoresis, Anodyne Therapy, Massage Therapy, and Kinesiotaping.

At CardioFlex Therapy, we’ve gotten great results from treating patients with bursitis.  A large part of our success has been in our diagnosis of not only the bursitis, but also the underlying injuries and conditions that are causing it.

Stop by our outpatient clinic in Davie for information on how we can help you, 12585 Orange Dr., Suite 203, Davie, FL 33330.  

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CardioFlex Therapy has the best PT & OT Clinic location

Why CardioFlex Therapy has the best location in Broward County? Because we are in the middle of so many towns!

CardioFlex Therapy is located in Davie, right by the intersections of Flamingo Road and Griffin Road, on Orange Drive, in the Crexent Business Center, with plenty of parking availability and disabled parking right at our door.

We also offer In-Home therapy, servicing all three counties: Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. The cities that surround us include: Cooper City, Southwest Ranches, Weston, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Sunrise, Miramar, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, and so many more.

The best way to talk to one of our therapists is to schedule an appointment, but please feel free to stop in to meet us and discuss how we can best help you overcome your problems or help you manage it.
We're looking forward to seeing you here, at CardioFlex Therapy.

954.693.9090
12585 Orange Dr.
Suite 203Davie, FL 33330

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CardioFlex uses latest tools in Sports Rehab & Physical Therapy

CardioFlex is excited to introduce what we all call the coolest tool for Sports Rehab & Physical Therapy performance training; The Recoil 360°. “Resistance and assistance training is key to maximizing power, speed and vertical jump”. This Bungee Resistance Trainer helps us to train athletes in every direction, with or without a partner. We can train patients for any sport: baseball, soccer, football, basketball, tennis, rugby, lacrosse, swimming, martial arts, hockey, volleyball, softball, track & field, rowing, golf, bowling, and more.

At CardioFlex, we will use this device for specific resisted agility and plyometric rehabilitation exercises to build explosive muscle strength and power in our patient’s core and lower body. The Recoil 360° allows patients to maximize motions that are sport specific with resistance and assistance training. The cord stretches against movements to build strength, or pulls patients along to increase speed and improve the body’s efficiency during direction changes.

We will help our patients to improve their overall athleticism with increased power, explosiveness, and strength, with this bungee cord and all of our other equipment. We can either train patients at our Davie Facility or have one of our Physical Therapists visit them at their home. We offer In-Home Therapy to all of the following counties: Broward, Miami-Dade, & Palm Beach.

For more info visit: www.cardioflextherapy.com

About the Author

Terry Abrams is the President & Director of Physical Therapy for CardioFlex Therapy, a start-up company founded in 2005 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Delivering both Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy, CardioFlex Therapy’s Outpatient Clinic is centrally located in Davie, FL serving the towns of Cooper City, Weston, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Southwest Ranches, Hollywood, Miramar, Sunrise, & Fort Lauderdale. For Home Physical Therapy, CardioFlex sends its therapists to homes located in Broward, Dade, & Palm Beach counties. Google+

Caregiver Symposium and the Florida Blood Cancer Conference

CardioFlex Therapy supports the 2018 Caregiver Symposium and the Florida Blood Cancer Conference takes place on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the Kane Center in Stuart, FL. The 2018 Caregiver symposium is a complimentary educational gathering for those caring for a loved one with a memory loss disorder or those seeking information about memory loss disorders.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Martin Schreiber, former Wisconsin Governor, author of “My Two Elaines” and Alzheimer’s Caregiver. Likewise, there are several other notable speakers and panel experts attending this event. Breakfast and lunch will be served at this event.

Where: Kane Center 900 SE Salerno Rd. Stuart, FL 34997

When: Friday, February 23, 2018

Time: 9 AM- 2 PM

Contact: Call their 24 hour Helpline at 1-800-272-3900

Click on our blog for more information or to register! Visit our website for info on our Physical and Occupational Therapy Services: www.cardioflextherapy.com

4th Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament benefiting United Community Options of South Florida

Please join CardioFlex Therapy physical and occupational therapists for a day on the course at the 4th Annual Duty Free Americas’ Golf Tournament benefiting the United Community Options of South Florida. The event will take place at the Trump National Doral Country Club in Miami, FL on Thursday, February 1st, 2018.

The event is open to individual golfers as well as full teams. The tournament will include 18 holes in a scramble format on the Red Tiger Course. There will be various competitions along the course, including two closest to the pin and two longest drives. Before the start of the round, golfers will have the opportunity to participate in a putting contest.

For more information please visit: http://www.cardioflextherapy.com/blog/4th-annual-golf-tennis-tournament-benefiting-united-community-options-of-south-florida/

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CardioFlex Therapy 4 Year Anniversary at The Crexent Center in Davie

On October 1, 2017, CardioFlex Therapy celebrated its four year anniversary at its current location at the Crexent Business Center Flamingo Commons location in Davie, Florida just off Flamingo Road and Griffin Boulevard intersection.

Dedicated to providing the best care and treatment since its founding in 2005, we at CardioFlex Therapy make sure each individual patient in our care receives specialized care based on their needs and recovery goals.  Our highly trained and experienced staff uses our specialized programs to treat in orthopedic injuries, sports injuries, neurological disorders, and even cardiopulmonary conditions.

CardioFlex Therapy also offers Therapeutic Massage and Personal Training in our Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility. Our therapists also travel to patient’s homes offering Home Health in Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties, when it’s not convenient for them to come to us. Using the latest technologies and equipment with proven treatments, means all of our therapists at CardioFlex Therapy have a multitude of ways to treat any ailment, injury or condition.  For more information on hours of operation, insurance plans accepted and a more detailed list of treatments or Services offered as well as more information on our staff.

For more info, please visit www.cardioflextherapy.com.